Re: [PATCH net-next 4/7] net: ipa: ipa_stop() does not return an error

[Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>]

On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 08:09:55AM -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
> On 4/11/21 1:34 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 01:07:19PM -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
> >> In ipa_modem_stop(), if the modem netdev pointer is non-null we call
> >> ipa_stop().  We check for an error and if one is returned we handle
> >> it.  But ipa_stop() never returns an error, so this extra handling
> >> is unnecessary.  Simplify the code in ipa_modem_stop() based on the
> >> knowledge no error handling is needed at this spot.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/net/ipa/ipa_modem.c | 18 ++++--------------
> >>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > 
> > <...>
> > 
> >> +	/* Stop the queue and disable the endpoints if it's open */
> >>  	if (netdev) {
> >> -		/* Stop the queue and disable the endpoints if it's open */
> >> -		ret = ipa_stop(netdev);
> >> -		if (ret)
> >> -			goto out_set_state;
> >> -
> >> +		(void)ipa_stop(netdev);
> > 
> > This void casting is not needed here and in more general case sometimes
> > even be seen as a mistake, for example if the returned attribute declared
> > as __must_check.
> 
> I accept your point but I feel like it's sort of a 50/50 thing.
> 
> I think *not* checking an available return value is questionable
> practice.  I'd really rather have a build option for a
> "__need_not_check" tag and have "must_check" be the default.

__need_not_check == void ???

> 
> The void cast here says "I know this returns a result, but I am
> intentionally not checking it."  If it had been __must_check I
> would certainly have checked it.  
> 
> That being said, I don't really care that much, so I'll plan
> to post version 2, which will drop this cast (I'll probably
> add a comment though).

Thanks

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 					-Alex
> 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
>